‘Too Big to Fail’ banks have nearly a one percent advantage over small banks, a $34 billion dollar subsidy.
This piece deals with one of the many consequences of the bail out.
Tag: funding
Stimulus News Digest #6 | California Office of Small Business Advocate
Good news: Some money is flowing. Bad news: The funding doesn’t look like it’s all that small business oriented.
After reading this, I recall Jeff Goldblum’s famous line from ‘Jurassic Park’.
Headlines from the piece:
Kaiser Permanente Wins $54 Million in NIH Grants for Genetic, Other Research.
Region Gears Up for Possible $260M in Solar Power Projects.
Teachers Most Helped by Early Stimulus Funding.
Struggling Santa Cruz County Steelhead Get Bump from Federal Stimulus.
Berkeley Study Says Energy Bill to Create 1.9 Million Jobs.
California Stimulus Saved or Created 100,000 Jobs: More than 100,000 jobs have been saved or created in California.
Shasta County Nonprofit Group Wins $2.6 Million in Stimulus Funds.
California Wants $4.7 Billion in High-Speed Rail Stimulus.
Thiel’s Deals – Now a Blog! | Paul Thiel, Area 9 Magazine
Our friend Paul Thiel, publisher of Area 9 magazine, publishes a deal compilation on his blog.
Click Here to check out the deal flow.
Stimulus News Digest – August 2009 | SBA
A briefing about how the federal stimulus is impacting small businesses in California. Also discusses stimulus opportunities. From our friends at the Small Business Administration.
Statewide Small Business Stimulus Program Heads to L.A. | SBA
Business Matchmaking and SBDC team to help entrepreneurs access contracts.
LOS ANGELES — On Sept. 2 Los Angeles will be the fourth stop in a 15-city, California tour aimed at increasing small business readiness to access stimulus-funded contracts through President Obama’s Economic Recovery Plan.
The program, Stimulus Opportunities for Small Business, is free for participants and will be presented by California Small Business Development Centers and Los Angeles-based nonprofit Business Matchmaking, in cooperation with the Small Business Advocate in the governor’s office.
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Stimulus News Digest | SBA
This newsletter details the various firms and entities that have received stimulus package funds and what they are being used for.
Read the newsletter here
How To Choose Business Plan Assistance
How To Choose Business Plan Assistance – Peter Mehit, WhiteBoard Partners
We have rewritten many business plans that were purchased from companies, real world and internet, that didn’t do what the buyer wanted causing them aggravation, wasted time and money. While some of the providers were unscrupulous, the majority of the time the problem was caused by a difference in expectations. To avoid this, you need to understand exactly what you’re buying.
Why are you writing a business plan?
If you’re writing a business plan as an exercise, then any method will probably produce acceptable results. But if you’re drafting a business plan because you want to have a map to success that details both the risks and rewards as well as exposing your blind spots, the process you use to make the plan is as important as the plan itself.
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